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Spent an hour in here learning all about the submarine Alvin and his role in the discovery of the Titanic. There were also some great educational displays about marine mammal echolcation and shark research.

Location holds an exceptional oceanside graduate school for study of the sea and the biological and physical sciences related to it. Reminded me of CalTech in its emphasis on graduate study and the observable numbers of visiting fellows from around the world. A good place to see if one is visiting the Cape.
That said, actual tour is not scientifically...
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the oceanographic institution is a mind opening view. the first thing i learned is that it is run by the dept of the navy. second, it does a plethora of investigations in oceans worldwide. all of which are just amazing. until you go here you might never have even guessed. i was surprised that it all takes place here, in...
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Note the review does not include the aquariums which were closed at the time of our visit.
I have to say this was a let down. There is an info office which was a little pointless then across the street there was a visitors center. We walked in here and were treated to two gentlemen, who I took to be...
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I've always wanted to see this place. Off season one can only see the visitor center which has a nice exhibit of the submersible Alvin finding the Titanic wreck. We also enjoyed the movie, dated as it was. It takes about an hour or less to see the exhibits.
In the summer there are tours but we didn't have the...
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The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution visitor center is a small exhibit space over two levels. At the lower level you can start with a movie and learn about the Alvin deep sea submersible. Upstairs there are several interesting exhibits about the Titanic, the Discovery Channel "Shark Cam" and more. It won't take long to check this out, but it is...
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